Car-dumping apparatus.



0.. A. GRIFFITH.

GAR DUMPING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED EAR. 176, 1911. RENEWED APB. 6,1914.

' 1,108,575, Patented Aug 25,1914,

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THE NORRIS PETERS COS. PHOTO-LITHON WASHINGTON"D4 C4 0. A. GRIFFITH. cm DUMPING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED MARJB, 1911, RENEWED AIPB. 6, 1914.

Patented Aug, 25, 1914.;

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c. A. GRIFFITH.

GAR DUMPING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1911. BEHBWBDAPB. 6, 1914. 1,108,575, Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

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THE NORRIS P's-risks cu, PHU'IU-LITHO, WASHINGTON, D161 of the arm in the other directidn hiidei' the influence of thee ring-18.-

19 is a shaft pare l el to the rotatably mounted in bearingsQOg- 20;;-

are secured to the rails 3, 3.

21 handie, gtt its' u per end.

s tfiiei mient which? there is aii' apertu 34 indicates p, cm; ii dumping position.

"wteels'ma be resisted not'onlybythespring smin .qptri tiegl lever z p ided with Thi j s, se u e t the shift" 19; preferably zitthe ifgh'tJ-hand"" The frame" of the etting- '20 at the-Side of V g t whelhndimted'onftheshft- 'ei-efeietiyetthe en" *eg e ite ig -eh;

h' 'j a orrespondingly vary ll y H the resistance \vhici tie cars mustmeet in i t j; M and the Weights of cars W111 nd' it is car approaches dumping position the end from the tmil gF'h flBghtgradually tova rest. As the glq i ig ened by the bars 35 and;-thc ,eon-

1 enough the caris auend of -the gi'oove'13; As tpdh'asthe horns 1 'It win-be observed that b mer ts-$555 11 heve provided a dilniping apparatus which 1s "ery slm ple 1n construction and which may be controlled with a *m nimlim of I e'fi'ort on the part of the opei ator; -Thei e is but 7 a 's mgleoperatlng lever; and thlSlQVBl serves v no'shock and P as ztnesult ithere 'i's Jess danger 1 of derailment and there is less wehrand tear ohth'e cars-themselves and; on theappdratus as a'v'vh'Qlei z- A if c Whhtgficlaimism H M15 in an apparatu's of the I the combination of a track, a movqble elenientzaidmptbd-tpdengzige h car ipn'the said i tra'ck, h: spring bonh'ec'ted with the said ele- .ment'and adapted to resist: its movement to- :gethei with that pi e the can a brake also it I .connected with ithe 'saidelement, ua'nd also ixdapted' to mesi'st tits 'Ino'xiement together' niit-h that .ofithe car; and means for'reghlatin'g the -1"esisting fiction 'ofi ithesaidibra ket 2' v Y 1 QwInmm-apparatus:of -the c la ssi desc 'ibed,

the-:- acoinbi-nat-ion' bf a i itrack,--: a. pivotally mounted element ar'ranged to? move; along lhnesextending from points in the path of a car on' the track'to;points outside thesaid 7 path in' *the igenenil'fldirection [of monement c normally stationary element," spring buffers between-the arm and the element tolimit the movement of the arm relative to theelement in both directions, and 'meansrfor releasing the said .shaft to permit its movement and the corresponding movement of p the said I shaft.

23. In an apparatus of the class described, the combinationof an inclined track,- an oscillatory shaft extending transversely. of the track, horns on the said shaftada'ptedto ex-l, tend into the path of a car :on the trackto control the movement ,thereof," a normally stationary element, an arm secured to the shaft adjacent the said element," a spring connection between the arm and the element tending to hold the shaft in position with the horns in the path of'a' car, and a spring buffer between thearm and the said element to limit the movement of thearm relative" to the element in the direction/opposite to I the action of the said spring connection. n v

24; Inga car dumping apparatus, the combin'ation of a trjack comprising a sharply inclined isection',*a movable element adapted to engage a car. 1n dumping posit Copies patent may be obtained forflve cents each, by addressing-the Commissioner of Patents, I ,Wa'shing'tomILG. n e

andthen stop the movement 0 ion on the in+ clined'section to first resist and then stop the movement thereof in one direction, the said element being movable along lines extending .in the general direction of movement of the car'from oints in the path thereof to points outside 0 the said path, and a friction brake connected to the, said movable element; to

control the movement thereof.

25. In a car dumping apparatus, the combination of a track comprising a sharply clined section," an oscillatory element a as I m; My 7 apt- 1 edtoengage a car indumpin position on the inclined section, the sald e ement being movable about its axis along lines extending from points in the path of the car to points outside of the said path in the general direction ofvmovement of the car, and a friction brakeconnected withthe saidoscillatory elefirst resist 1 an engaged,

ment to control it and thereb car. I nin presence 0 two witnesses.

' CHARLES A. GRIFFITH.

Witnesses: I

CYiiUs'K HR, W. E. DAVIS.

In testimon whereof I aflix my signature, 

